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Dr. Endicott’s areas of specialization include all aspects of Japanese and Korean studies, Asian security studies, with special emphasis on the Korean Peninsula, American defense policy, and professional military education. His published books include Japan’s Nuclear Option (Author), The Politics of East Asia (Co-author), American Defense Policy (Co-Editor and Contributor), and Regional Security Issues (Co-author). A book on American foreign policy written by Endicott and two colleagues, U.S. Foreign Policy: History, Process, and Policy, was published in 2005. He received his Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University in cooperation with Harvard University. He has a Master’s Degree in Law and Diplomacy, and a Master’s Degree in International Affairs also from Fletcher; His Master’s Degree in History is from the University of Omaha, and his B.A. in Political Science (cum laude) is from The Ohio State University where he was inducted into the American academic society Phi Beta Kappa. In October 2010, Endicott was awarded an Honorary Doctorate (Doctorate Honoris Causa) from the University of Toulouse, founded in 1229 in Toulouse, France, in recognition of his efforts to build a regime of international peace and cooperation in Northeast Asia. Dankook University of Cheonan, South Korea awarded Dr. Endicott his second Honorary Doctorate (Political Science) in 2019 also for his efforts to establish a regime of peace in Northeast Asia. Dankook was established in 1947, the first university established after National Liberation Day of Korea (15 August 1947).

Dr. Endicott came to Woosong University, SolBridge International in 2007 from the Georgia Institute of Technology where he served as Professor and Center Director in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs for almost twenty years. He founded the Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy in 1990 which had as its main focus the integration of policy with technology. In 1991 he introduced the concept for a Limited Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone in Northeast Asia (LNWFZ-NEA) which continues to be examined in international forums – the most recent plenary conference (including representatives from Argentina, China, Finland, France, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia and the United States – DPRK representatives met later in Paris) being the 13th Plenary Meeting of the LNWFZ-NEA held in Toulouse, France, in October 2010. He co-founded the Sam Nunn Security Program funded by the MacArthur Foundation for advanced pre-doctoral candidates in science and technology. He is now Professor Emeritus. Dr. Endicott previously had a 28-year career in the United States Air Force, serving almost eight years in “foreign service” areas. He also served as a member of the Senior Executive Service of the Department of Defense for slightly more than three years. As an officer of the United States Air Force, he held the positions of Chief of Targeting, 5th Air Force Headquarters, Deputy Head of the Political Science Department at the United States Air Force Academy; Director, International Affairs for the Planning Directorate of Air Force Headquarters, the Pentagon; Deputy Air Force Representative to the Military Staff Committee of the Security Council, the United Nations; and Associate Dean of the National War College. He had operational assignments in Japan (two), Hawaii, and Vietnam which took him frequently to Korea, the Philippines, and most other states of Asia including the PRC. Upon retiring from the Air Force in 1986, he became the Director of the Institute for National Strategic Studies with a civilian rank of SES-4 – a position equating to Major/Lt. General.

Dr. Endicott has served as Chairman of the Interim Secretariat of the Limited Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone for Northeast Asia since 1996. Both Dr. Endicott and the Limited Nuclear Weapons Free Zone for Northeast Asia Program were nominated for the 2005 and 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The Japan-America Society of Georgia awarded him the Mike Mansfield Award, and the Marine Corps Coordinating Council of Greater Atlanta presented him the General Raymond G. Davis award in 2006 for lifetime service toward peace and stability in Northeast Asia. In 2007 that organization presented Dr. Endicott with the General Raymond G. Davis Leadership Award. Dr. Endicott also received “Professor of the Year” award from a campus-wide student organization. He served as President of the Southeast U.S.-Korea Chamber of Commerce for two years (2004-2006), and served as the Chairman of the Board and Special Representative to Daejeon until 2008. Dr. Endicott was Honorary Consul for Mongolia to the State of Georgia from 2005 until 2007. Endicott served as a “Senior Mentor” in the POSTECH Mentorship Program involving fifteen executives throughout Korea to share leadership experiences with selected POSTECH students for 2010-2011. In 2010 he was also appointed as a Special Ambassador for the Korean professional baseball team, the Hanwha Eagles. In February 2015 he was appointed as Advisor to the Board of Directors of the College of Business and Economics (CBE) of Qassim University in Buraidah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and was inducted into the business education honor society Beta Gamma Sigma in June of 2015. In January, 2016 he became a Member of the KEI Advisory Council (Korea Economic Institute of America) – a “…policy outreach and educational organization focused on promoting economic, political, and security relations between the United States and the Republic of Korea.” In August 2016, he became a member of the President’s Advisory Board for the George Mason University of Korea. On 2 March 2017, he was honored by Woosong University by creating a new school that will stress the social sciences at Woosong: the Endicott College of International Studies. A formal naming day and ground breaking ceremony was held that day participated in by dignitaries from China, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Korea, Thailand, the United States, and Vietnam. In April 2018 he was one of 11 AACSB members chosen to form the AACSB VAG (Volunteer Advisory Group) which will review “volunteerism” within and outside of AACSB; hopefully to increase institutional social responsibility across a wide range of activities. On 13 March 2019 he was appointed to the Board of Advisors for the Republic of Korea Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). He holds a number of military decorations for his 31-year service in the U.S. Government, including the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit Medal, the Bronze Star Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster for 50 combat missions, the Air Force Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Vietnam Service Medal with 2 Bronze Stars, among others.

In September 2012, Dr. Endicott travelled to Moscow to participate in a conference marking the 50th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. During that period in October 1962 he was a Strategic Air Command Augmentee to the Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff in Omaha, Nebraska. He was paired with Colonel-General Esin who also was a Captain at the time and in charge of a missile unit responsible for defending Cuban beaches. These two veterans of the Cold War recounted past events in the spirit of friendship. In February 2013, Endicott assumed the additional title as Acting Dean of SolBridge International School of Business until July 2014. During that time SolBridge was awarded full accreditation by AACSB the foremost international accreditation organization for business colleges in the world. SolBridge received its second certification from AACSB on 15 March 2019. At this time he continues to serve as President of Woosong University and Vice-Chancellor of the SolBridge International School of Business, and he reassumed the role of Acting Dean in November 2015 until 1 April 2016. On 25 February 2019 he reassumed the Acting Dean’s position. Woosong University itself is a medium-sized specialized university with approximately 13,500 students attending seven colleges: Railroad Transportation College, Hotel Management and Culinary Arts College, Digital Media College, and the Health and Welfare College. SolBridge International School of Business (our fifth college) is an all-English language college offering BBAs and MBAs to over 1,270 students. Thirty percent are Korean, 20 percent Chinese and 26 percent Russian speaking from Russia and Central Asia, and the rest of the 24% come from 52 other nations of the world. The total number of nations present at SolBridge is 55. As the sixth college, Sol International School offers specialized English language tracks in the four Korean language colleges, and the new Endicott College of International Studies, the seventh college at Woosong, offers courses in Korean and English language becoming the liberal arts college of Woosong.

He and his wife, Mitsuyo, have two children and four grandchildren who live in Atlanta, Georgia. They enjoy walking along the banks of the Yu Dung Cheon River, watching tennis, baseball and sumo, studying the Korean language, and getting to know Daejeon and Korea better.

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Chia-Hsing Huang is a professor of SolBridge International School of Business, Korea. He has Ph.D. degree from University of Pennsylvania USA in 1994, and MBA degree from University of Connecticut USA in 1990. Professor Huang has 20 years teaching experience in the Undergraduate, MBA, EMBA and Ph.D. levels in a number of the leading universities in America, Kazakhstan, Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand. He was elected to be the finance department chairman and worked as an advisor on finance, investment, merger and acquisition, real estate, and strategic planning and implementation to many companies and institutions both in private and public sectors, such as construction company, security firm, bank, TV, computer network, and city government. He also had work experience in investment analysis of TV talk shows and radio call in programs. Professor Huang has published a number of books and several papers in the leading international journals.

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Andrew Isaak studied economics at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania and completed an MBA in International Business at Pace University in New York. He recently submitted his PhD dissertation in Management at the University of Mannheim. He has 6 years of teaching experience at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has been nominated for the Best Paper Award of the RENT Entrepreneurship conference and received the Best Reviewer Award from Junior Management Science. Previously, he coordinated the behavioral economics lab at the University of Heidelberg's Alfred Weber Institute and founded the crowdfunding startup Tommoko UG. In 2016 he spent four months on a scholarship as visiting researcher at the University of California at Berkeley. In 2017 he became a future research scholar at Plymouth University (UK), focusing on social entrepreneurship. He has work experience in management consulting for the airline industry and German government and in marketing for Procter & Gamble brands. He has also published a book, several peer-reviewed book chapters and conference papers.

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A chartered management accountant and member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), UK since 2005. Started career as an Assistant Accountant with Ghana Water Company in August 1990. The last industry position held was acting CEO of UTRAK Capital Management an investment company helped formed in July 2012. University teaching started in 2006 and taught at the following universities in Ghana; Christian Service University College, KNUST Business School, UEW Business School Kumasi, Ghana Technology University and University for Development Studies Tamale, before accepting appointment at SolBridge International School of Business in September 2013.

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BI (Byung-Ik) Jung is an assistant professor at SolBridge International School of Business and Director of Management Planning Division.

Before teaching at SolBridge, Professor Jung worked as a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group for five years. He also worked for LG Electronics as a strategist for Air-Conditioners and Energy Solution Company.

Professor Jung holds an MBA degree from INSEAD and earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Seoul National University. He is currently pursuing a DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) at IE Business School with an emphasis on social entrepreneurship.

He gives special lectures to private companies, public offices, and entrepreneurs and he is a member of the advisory board of Korea Social Innovation Finance.

His professional and scholarly interests include entrepreneurship, start-up, social innovation, critical thinking, and business consulting.

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Kushal Sharma is an Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management and International Business at SolBridge. His research centers on talent management in international organizations, with a special focus on multinational corporations. He is particularly interested in exploring how organizations formulate talent strategies and policies to manage their talent pools and how individuals belonging to such talent pool interpret their talent management practices. He studies the impact of talent strategies on employee attitudes and behavior.

Prior to starting his academic career, Professor Sharma worked as a human resource manager and also as an independent human resource consultant. He holds a PhD in Business Administration (expected January 2017) and a Master’s degree in Business Administration Research from ESSEC Business School, France and a Master’s in Business Administration from Kathmandu University School of Management, Nepal.

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Dr. Mahmood Awan joined SolBridge in 2011. He earned his BS from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, his MBA from Alabama A & M in Huntsville, Alabama, and his Ph.D. from Northcentral University in Prescott Valley, Arizona. His Ph.D. is in Business Administration with a major in Internet Marketing. He also is a Chartered Marketer (CM) from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) of the U.K.

As we can see, he has been moving around for his education which gave him a great appreciation for diversity. Before starting his academic career, he has been working with a number of multinational and other small firms in their Marketing departments for around ten years in Southern California.

Before joining SolBridge, he taught at University of Dubai for over twelve years. Some of the online marketing courses which he has delivered include Internet Marketing, Principles of Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Global Marketing, and International Marketing Strategies.

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Nurmukhammad Yusupov is an Assistant Professor of Finance at SolBridge International School of Business. His research focuses on financial markets and institutions in developing economies. In addition to many years of university level teaching, he has extensive experience in consulting governmental agencies and international development organizations. Dr. Yusupov holds an MBA from University of Oregon, an MSc from Toulouse School of Economics and a Ph.D. from University of Nantes

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Ravi Kashyap has worked as a Product Manager / Quantitative Strategist at various financial service firms in New York and Hong Kong including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Citigroup, His most recent assignment was at IHS Markit, heading up their quantitative products suite for Asia Pacific, helping clients select securities, generate alpha and minimize their transaction costs.

His Doctoral thesis is about uncertainty and unintended consequences in the financial markets. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University and an undergraduate degree from the National Institute of Technology Calicut, India.

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Bob Graff is a Senior Lecturer in the Management Department of SolBridge International School of Business. His courses center on the application of business theories to real life situations. As such, the majority of his courses focus on the examination of current business practices as evidenced through student research on contemporary events and, simulation of student generated business operations.

Prior to joining SolBridge, he spent 30 years in the external accounting profession building and leading teams of Information Technology specialists consulting to leading international companies such as 3M and Ecolab in the US and, Samsung, LG, Posco during his 15 years as a partner with Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers, Korea. He also was a frequent guest lecturer to several of Korea’s leading universities (KIAST, Jung Ang, HUFS) on the topic of IT Auditing.

Bob is a graduate of the University of Minnesota’s, Carlson School of Management where he earned an MBA in the field of Management Information Systems. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Korean branch of the Institute of Systems and Controls Association and has been an active member of the Institute of Internal Auditors.

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Sangwoo Shin is Assistant professor at the Solbridge International School of Business. Prior to joining Solbridge faculty, he served as Assistant professor of Marketing at the Krannert School of Management, Purdue University. He earned BBA and MBA from Seoul National University and Ph.D. in Marketing from University of Rochester. His research interests lie in quantitative modeling in Marketing including dynamic consumer decision under uncertainty, strategic firm decision in the direct marketing context, conjoint analysis, and applied Bayesian statistics.

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Taylan Urkmez is an Assistant Professor in Marketing at SolBridge International School of Business. His research interests focus on luxury marketing, fashion, cross-cultural research on consumer behavior, and emotions. To date his research has appeared in several peer-reviewed journals. He is from Turkey and completed his Ph.D. at University of Kassel in Germany.

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Xiangcai Meng is an Assistant Professor of Economics at SolBridge International School of Business. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from National Graduate Institute For Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Japan in 2015.

His research focuses on macroeconomics and labor economics. He employs calibrated dynamic stochastic or deterministic general equilibrium models with market imperfections to examine both positive and normative questions in economics.

His research papers are published in international peer reviewed journals such as Journal of the Japanese and International Economies (SSCI), Japan and the World Economy (SSCI), and Annals of Economics and Finance (SSCI).

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He received his bachelor’s of science degree in economics from Dokuz Eylul University Izmir/Turkey. He got his MA degree in economics from University of Missori-Kansas City. He obtained a Ph.D. from State University of New York-Binghamton with specializing areas of Industrial Organization and Public Regulation and Monetary Theory and Policy. He worked for Ankara University, Baskent University/Ankara/Turkey (for about four years), Alfred University (for two years), Girne American University in Cyprus, and Lefke European University in Cyprus. He primarily lectured in following undergraduate and graduate courses: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Statistics, Applied Statistics, Econometrics, Monetary Theory and Policy, Industrial Organization and Public Regulation, Economics of European Union, Managerial Economics, Privatization and Public Regulation. He also had administrative duties at Ankara University. He served as a chairperson of the economics department for three years at Ankara University. He also served as The Director for Health, Sports and Culture Department of Ankara University. He has been the board of the director at Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science for about 15 years. He has conducted many projects, directed master’s theses and Ph.D. dissertation, written many articles and published them scientifically respected journals, published books. He is actively playing tennis and skiing, and likes doing many other sports. He has never smoked and drunk alcoholic beverages in his life. He is married and has two children.

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Shijith has worked as a business analyst/operations & supply chain management consultant for over six years in a leading IT & consulting organization (TATA Consultancy Services). His consulting engagements spanned different areas of operations planning & scheduling, supply chain management, product design & development, ERP/MRP, and Work Study. He has presented his articles/views/presentations and views at different academic (such as Informs) and practitioner forums (such as, APICS, NASSCOM IIIE, etc). His PhD dissertation is about improving decision quality in crowd wisdom applications. He has been teaching operations management related courses for under-grad, masters and executive level programs. He also engages in corporate training and leadership development programs.

His primary teaching and research interests lie in the area of operations management and decision making. His research interests lie in behavioral decision making and wisdom of crowd in various operations management application areas. Some of his current research questions revolve around studying crowd decision making applications (such as new product development, judgmental forecasting). Shijith did his bachelors in engineering (Industrial Engineering & Management), MBA (Operations) and MS in Research (Management Science). He is also APICS,USA certified CPIM.